Left: Sam Cranston; Top: Jeff Robinson
GAINING TRACTION Jason White Camping World Truck Series Driver “
Even today, my mom gets too nervous to watch me race.
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BRACKET BUSTER > “During March Madness this year, I picked UConn to win the NCAA tournament in the pool we had at the shop. Had them from the beginning.”
MUST BE IN THE FRONT ROW > “The best concert I’ve ever been to was Garth Brooks when he did his farewell tour. I was standing in line for tickets and he sold out two shows in 16 minutes. Everyone left but I hung around. They suddenly added a third show so I was ready. Got front row seats. It was amazing.”
BOUNCE BACK > “In my second race ever, I ran off the track, fl ipped end over end and got a concussion. I took a month off, and before my next race, we rented that track and tested for a full day. Because of that, we went out and won the very next race.”
NEED A SPOTTER? > “When I was in Vegas a few years ago, I met Dwyane Wade in the gym. We were staying at the same casino and I went to work out at 6 a.m. and Dwyane was already in the gym. He’d just come in from the clubs.”
COURT DATE > “I played football and baseball in high school but now I play basketball for fun. It’s a great workout. If I play for an hour, getting in the truck and driving for a few hours is no big deal.”
MOMMY DEAREST > “Even today, my mom gets too nervous to watch me race. She either fi lms or DVRs the race and watches them later. If it’s on TV, she’ll come and go through the room but won’t sit down.”
JUST PRESS PLAY > We set White’s iPod to shuffl e. Here’s what came up: 1) BON JOVI, “WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE” * 2) Nickelback, “Rockstar” 3) Keith Urban, “Better Life”
* “This is my karaoke standard.”
THE WHITE FILE
reached NASCAR and the two are close friends today. White made his move to big-time stock cars long
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before Hamlin. After winning six state karting titles, he made the jump to Nationwide in 1999, running a handful of races. But even though he made starts
rowing up just outside of Richmond, Va., Jason White was a longtime rival of Denny Hamlin. But whatever enmity they shared dissipated when they both
in every season since, he didn’t run a full season in NASCAR until 2008 when he ran full-time in the
GunBroker.com truck. This year, he’s still racing for the online gun auction site, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet for Joe Denette Motorsports. The 32-year-old won the pole for the 2011 Truck race
at Daytona and has scored two top-10s this season. He also fi nished 33rd in his Cup debut at Pocono in August.
ACCORDING TO KRISTA
“Never count Jason White out. He was plagued with engine failures and manufacturer-shuffl ing last year, but has more stability this year and, as a result, is a constant threat.”
—KRISTA VODA, SPEED
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